Scenes from SB5 Petition Delivery in Columbus

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June 30, 2011 | 4:07 PM

By Molly Bloom

On Wednesday, unions and their allies filed petitions with 1.3 million signatures seeking to put a referendum on SB5 on the November ballot. Here are a few scenes of the day.

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A truck carrying signed petitions to put SB5 on the November ballot arrives at the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus.

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Participants start to gather at the Center of Science and Industry.

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Parade participants sign in and prepare to deliver their petitions.

Thomas Ferguson, an English teacher at the Greene County Career Center, called SB5 "an attack on a class of people." "It's hard enough to do our jobs," he said of himself and other teachers. "We don't need any more stress."

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Ellie Hamm, 8, attended Thursday's SB5 rally with her mother, a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit. Her mother, Jodi Hamm, said she's worried that if SB5 takes effect, hospitals might cut corners and staffing. "Then it wouldn't be safe for the patients or for myself," she said.

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AT&T maitenance administrator Ebony Martin of Columbus called SB5 "pretty extreme." "We need to stand up today," she said.

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AT&T maitenance administrator Ebony Martin of Columbus called SB5 "pretty extreme." "We need to stand up today," she said.

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Jennifer Ramer and Lana Beers, both of Niles, are bus drivers at a school for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled. They attended Wednesday's parade with Beers' 9-year old daughter Shyana. "We want to see the voters vote on this bill," Ramer said of SB5.

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Future Teacher

I am a student studying middle childhood education. I think that in a society where 85% of teachers quit the profession after five years, taking away benifits and the ability to negotiate terms of employment cripples the proffesion. In addition, making the teacher evaluations such that 50% of their performance is based on the students’ performances is ludacris. Sometimes a child struggles, and with the No Child Left Behind Legislation, teachers are already forced to dumb down their classes for the weaker students, causing stronger students to get bored with learning, and eventually quit.

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